TikTok API

TikTok data on demand: keyword post search with sort/date filters, profile lookup by handle, followers and followings, hashtag and music/sound feeds, location-based posts, and comment threads — one plain HTTP GET per call, paid as you go. No login, no session cookies, no browser automation, no TikTok developer app review.

Base URL: https://tiktok.fetcher.sh

Quick reference

Which endpoint do I need?

Full param details for every row: [references/endpoints.md](references/endpoints.md).

Authentication

Two ways to pay, same data — full mechanics in the [fetcher skill](../fetcher/SKILL.md):

# 1. Prepaid credits (recommended — get a key at https://fetcher.sh/topup
#    or via POST /api/credits/topup, see the fetcher skill)
export FETCHER_API_KEY="bby_live_xxxxxxxxxxxx"
curl -H "Authorization: Bearer $FETCHER_API_KEY" \
  "https://tiktok.fetcher.sh/api/post/search?keyword=hello"

# 2. x402 pay-per-call — omit the header; a GET with no payment returns 402
#    with machine-readable payment requirements (USDC on Base, Polygon,
#    Arbitrum, Monad, or Solana). @x402/fetch signs and retries automatically.

Every response is { "status": number, "message": string, "data": ... }; the HTTP status mirrors status.

Endpoints (13 — all GET, $0.004/call)

{id} / {username} / {name} are path parameters. Optional query params (cursor, region) paginate or geo-scope results; keyword (search) and url (post lookup) are required where they appear.

Scenarios

Most liked posts this month:

curl -H "Authorization: Bearer $FETCHER_API_KEY" \
  --data-urlencode "keyword=ai agent" -G \
  --data-urlencode "sortType=MOST_LIKED" \
  --data-urlencode "dateRange=THIS_MONTH" \
  "https://tiktok.fetcher.sh/api/post/search"

Posted yesterday, most recent first:

curl -H "Authorization: Bearer $FETCHER_API_KEY" \
  --data-urlencode "keyword=crypto payments" -G \
  --data-urlencode "sortType=DATE_POSTED" \
  --data-urlencode "dateRange=YESTERDAY" \
  "https://tiktok.fetcher.sh/api/post/search"

Other sortType values: RELEVANCE. Other dateRange values: ALLTIME, THISWEEK, LASTTHREEMONTHS, LASTSIXMONTHS.

Look up a post by its share URL, or directly by ID:

curl -H "Authorization: Bearer $FETCHER_API_KEY" -G \
  --data-urlencode "url=https://www.tiktok.com/@username/video/1234567890123456789" \
  "https://tiktok.fetcher.sh/api/post"

curl -H "Authorization: Bearer $FETCHER_API_KEY" \
  "https://tiktok.fetcher.sh/api/post/1234567890123456789"

A post's comments and comment replies:

curl -H "Authorization: Bearer $FETCHER_API_KEY" \
  "https://tiktok.fetcher.sh/api/post/1234567890123456789/comments"

curl -H "Authorization: Bearer $FETCHER_API_KEY" \
  "https://tiktok.fetcher.sh/api/post/1234567890123456789/comments/9876543210/replies"

A profile by @handle, then its posts, followers, and followings:

curl -H "Authorization: Bearer $FETCHER_API_KEY" \
  "https://tiktok.fetcher.sh/api/user/handle/khaby.lame"

curl -H "Authorization: Bearer $FETCHER_API_KEY" \
  "https://tiktok.fetcher.sh/api/user/6935741396776976390/posts"

curl -H "Authorization: Bearer $FETCHER_API_KEY" \
  "https://tiktok.fetcher.sh/api/user/6935741396776976390/followers"

A hashtag's metadata, then its posts:

curl -H "Authorization: Bearer $FETCHER_API_KEY" \
  "https://tiktok.fetcher.sh/api/hashtag/handle/fyp"

curl -H "Authorization: Bearer $FETCHER_API_KEY" \
  "https://tiktok.fetcher.sh/api/hashtag/1234567890/posts"

Posts using a specific sound, and posts from a location:

curl -H "Authorization: Bearer $FETCHER_API_KEY" \
  "https://tiktok.fetcher.sh/api/music/1234567890123456789/posts"

curl -H "Authorization: Bearer $FETCHER_API_KEY" \
  "https://tiktok.fetcher.sh/api/location/1234567890123456789/posts"

MCP

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "tiktok": {
      "url": "https://tiktok.fetcher.sh/mcp",
      "headers": { "Authorization": "Bearer bby_live_..." }
    }
  }
}

Free: searchendpoints, describeendpoint, checkbalance. Paid: fetchdata (any endpoint above), topupcredits, plus the named shortcut tiktokpost_search. Drop the headers block to pay per call with x402 instead — see the [fetcher skill](../fetcher/SKILL.md) for the full flow.

Errors

• 400 — missing/invalid parameter (message names it)
• 401 — unknown or rotated key
• 402 — payment required (x402 challenge) or topup_required (credits

exhausted)

• 404 — not a priced path
• No rate limits; no refunds on upstream failures (settlement precedes

delivery)

Reference

• Deep dives: [references/endpoints.md](references/endpoints.md) (every

param) · [references/scenarios.md](references/scenarios.md) (one curl per endpoint) · [references/faq.md](references/faq.md) · [references/comparison.md](references/comparison.md) (vs. the official TikTok API and a browser scraper)

• Task guides: [viral post search](../../task-guides/tiktok-viral-post-search.md) ·

[profile and followers](../../task-guides/tiktok-profile-and-followers.md)

• Slash command: [/tiktok-search](../../commands/tiktok-search.md)
• Full agent setup: <https://tiktok.fetcher.sh/skill.md>;
• OpenAPI 3.1 contract: <https://tiktok.fetcher.sh/openapi.json>;
• Condensed catalog: <https://tiktok.fetcher.sh/llms.txt>;
• Payment, credits, and MCP deep dive: [fetcher skill](../fetcher/SKILL.md)
• Site: <https://tiktok.fetcher.sh>;